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Friday, December 16, 2011

Potato Chip Tortilla - French Fridays With Dorie

This a fast , fun , and funny version of the traditional Basque tortilla made with cubes potatoes. Dorie explained in her book that the French would call this clin d'oeil , a wink , at the original ,and they'd surprised not only at the potato chips that stand in for the usual sautèed spuds, but at the creator , Jean-Franςois Piège , formerly the chef of Les Ambassadeurs, the Michelin starred restaurant in Le Crillon. One thing good about Dorie, she will play around the recipe and give us her best version of this french recipe. I love reading her short write out on this recipe. It is indeed fast to prepare, fun making them and funny because not a soul had any inkling that what they were savoring had been a snack food of a type they 'd never eat ! She is so funny :) I made this for my breakfast bento this morning and Dorie suggested it can be served as a hors d’doeuvre for dinner parties. It can be made ahead and served at room temperature. Love it ! You can serve this for your coming Christmas party and I am sure you will have your guests and family members licking their fingers for more !

The potato chips I bought for this savory french tortilla is the hot and spicy ones...perfect for this potato tortilla. Dorie is a genius and this is a winner alright ! I can never have enough of it...you can imagine how flavorful it is with the scallions, italian parsley and garlic in it and a shake of cayenne and pepper for extra flavor. D.E.L.I.C.O.U.S ! I served it with a salad....a great morning breakfast in a bento ! I am sure Wild Boar will request for more :)

this is the chips I bought for making this tortilla

Hot 'n' Spicy

place the chips in a mixing bowl and crush it - noisy,greasy job

that leave you with potato- chip fingers that you'd want to lick :)

as described by Dorie

chop some scallions ( white parts only ) some italian parsley

and garlic. Mix the beaten eggs with a dash of cayenne ,

pepper and a pinch of salt

mix the ingredients together and pour

in the egg mixture and stir to blend well

add a tsp of olive oil to grease the non -stick skillet, heat the skillet

Elin, I smiled when I saw that we both used Cottage Fries brand potato chips, except that mine was the Sweet Thai Chilli flavor :). The chips worked so well in this tortilla, didn't it? It certainly added a bit more pizzaz to your beautiful bento!

Kathy...:) you must try this flavorful tortilla. I am sure little Joshua will love it too ! Merry Xmas to you and family :)

Zurin...LOL! I think I manage to instigate you to make it for the family :)

Lena...yea, the texture is wonderful and the flavored chips is the perfect ingredients for this potato tortilla :)

To all my Dorista friends, thank you for leaving me your sweet and kind comments. Cooking along with all of you and comparing notes is the best thing I have done this year :) BEsides making friends with Doristas from all corners of the world , I learned to better my cooking skill from all of you :) Wishing all of you happy holidays and have a swell Christmas !

Piggy Joanna...glad you were back home last weekend to enjoy this flavorful potato tortilla and I look forward to be with you and Josh this coming Christmas. See ya there ! :) hugs and muax !